POLITICS | People & Power |
Examining the Relationship Between Power and Money in African Politics
RESEARCH | Resources & Conflict |
Real-Time Research Outcomes | Navigating the Political Terrain across Africa
A High Court judge in Harare will next week rule on whether emails at the center of treason charges against opposition MDC Treasurer and minister designate, Roy Bennett, are admissible during…
The controversial stab proof vests designed for tourists and going to South Africa for World Cup 2010, scheduled for June, have hit the market with one vest selling for $69,000.…
Nonprofit groups that specialize in investigative reporting have had some big scoops, cracking the front page of such newspapers as The Washington Post and forcing officials out of their jobs.…
The High Court in Harare has dismissed confessions obtained under duress by state security agents from arms dealer Michael Peter Hitschmann, paving way for his impeachment as key witness…
The MDC says the case against Bennett is politically motivated and aimed at keeping him out of the transitional government the party formed with ZANU PF party led by President…
The celebrated deep throat is evolving, from that trustworthy, well placed official, to a bunch of seemingly credible, anonymous twitters or bloggers, some of whom are still well placed officials.…
This is not the first time government employees from Botswana are arrested in Zimbabwe as in 2006, a former Botswana Television reporter and cameraman Koketso Seofela were fined arrested and…
Much of the aid to Africa was used to finance grandiose projects and to underwrite misguided, repressive policies. The rest was embezzled by elite gangsters. Mauritania, a poor arid West…
Former Mosambican President Joaquim Chissano has done a particularly good job of mediating in conflicts in the Great Lakes, but Africa seems to suffer from a lack of retired…
The African Development Bank (ADB) has said Zimbabwe must clear its arrears with international lending institutions before it can benefit from available funds. ADB deputy president Aloysius Ordu told journalists…